being sidelined on the issue and asked to no one in particular, how come all of these meetings on immigration are going on and i'm not being invited. may we humbly offer an answer, steve congress was the congress person last year who compared immigrants to bird dogs and insisted that americans should have the pick of the litter. how successful republicans will be at keeping the crazy out of the legislation, keeping the crazy out as the legislation makes its way to the house, a place known as the locus of the crazies will determine the fate of immigration reform. for now, the focus remains on the senate where yesterday republican senator jeff flake of arizona said even though the gang of eight had their differences, they would ultimately unite because quote that's what gangs do. joining us is davis guggenheim, director of "the dream is now." great to have you on set here in new york city. we were talking about gun control and one of the things that has really shifted this debate in favor of reform has been the human faces. and actually seeing what happens